Marrying the Ugly Woman of a Rich and Powerful Family - Chapter 26
Cang Yan said expressionlessly, “You made me angry.”
Shen Qingyuan refused to take the blame. She considered herself to have a good temper, capable of bending and admitting fault. Because she was a sucker for beauty, she indulged Cang Yan in many ways for the sake of her good looks. In addition, her actual age was older. Although she was sometimes unreliable, she was mostly considerate.
It was clearly Cang Yan who was petty.
She pressed the point, “It seems I’m quite important to you, or you wouldn’t get angry. In fact, you should reflect on yourself: When have you been truly happy?”
Cang Yan naturally knew her temper was bad and she was easily provoked, but there was always a reason for her anger, and it wasn’t unprovoked. Besides, Shen Qingyuan was the source of her anger recently.
She smiled faintly and said leisurely, “When you said you felt great when I caught you, I think I was happiest.”
As long as Shen Qingyuan is uncomfortable, I’m happy.
Shen Qingyuan: “…”
Cang Yan continued, “I just like to see you embarrassed.”
Shen Qingyuan: “…”
She was too embarrassed and directly refused to discuss the topic. She picked up the medical examination report on the table and looked at it carefully.
In addition to mammary gland lobular hyperplasia, Cang Yan also had a straightened cervical spine curve and a rough gallbladder wall, but none of these were major issues.
Shen Qingyuan continued to flip through and found that all other checks were normal, only her body fat percentage was too low, and she needed to gain weight.
Shen Qingyuan frowned and summarized, “You look very healthy. Mammary gland hyperplasia will gradually improve as long as you maintain a calm mindset and stop being so easily irritated and explosive. The rough gallbladder wall can be regulated through diet, and as for the straightened cervical spine curve, you can reduce the time spent looking down at your phone and frequently do neck exercises. These can all be managed.”
Cervical spondylosis is a common ailment for many desk workers, and a straightened cervical spine curve is the initial symptom of cervical spondylosis.
According to Shen Qingyuan’s observation, Cang Yan didn’t go to the company often, so that ruled out desk work as the cause. However, the frequency of looking down at her phone was very high, and she wondered what she was looking at.
Cang Yan stared at Shen Qingyuan in a daze for a long time and asked, “When was your last physical examination?”
The last physical examination of Shen Qingyuan’s previous life was likely two years ago. At that time, she always thought she was still young and had no illnesses. Her check-up frequency was low. She only went when she felt unwell, which led to her sudden death.
As for the original host…
She said, “I forgot the exact time, but it should have been the entrance physical exam when I started university.”
“Then you also have mammary gland hyperplasia? You also have a rough gallbladder wall? You also have a straightened cervical spine curve?” Cang Yan’s gaze shifted to Shen Qingyuan’s chest, pressing aggressively.
Shen Qingyuan knows more than me at such a young age.
Shen Qingyuan understood her meaning and said calmly, “Yes, I’ve had them all. So, your physical indicators are very healthy. You’ll be jumping around lively like me sooner or later. Just don’t be too negative.”
Cang Yan sometimes was too lazy to even move.
Cang Yan immediately reflected on whether she really had paranoia. She always found what Shen Qingyuan said strange at first.
But after careful consideration, one would know these things if they learned a little more.
Cang Yan suppressed the constantly overthinking thoughts. According to Shen Qingyuan, the only difference between her and a healthy person was Shen Qingyuan’s height and weight?
She softly scoffed, “I’ll take your word for it.”
Shen Qingyuan added, “But my memory might be inaccurate. You should look at the advice on the report and consult a doctor yourself.”
She had suffered from cholecystitis in her previous life, but thankfully, she recovered later. She was only clear about the rough gallbladder wall, and the rest was just guessing from memory.
“I already consulted one,” Cang Yan was shocked because what Shen Qingyuan said was similar to the information she had received from the consultation, even though they were common knowledge.
“The doctor told me to eat a healthy diet, exercise more, and since my bl00d sugar is high, I need to reduce the frequency of eating sweets, to a maximum of once a week,” Cang Yan said weakly. “It was like saying nothing at all.”
She knew all this and was trying to adjust, but after so many years of adjusting, she had almost developed anorexia.
Shen Qingyuan asked, “Is that why you’re unhappy?”
Cang Yan nodded reluctantly.
Shen Qingyuan looked up at the cake she had just bought. Buying it had almost become a habit. Even when in a hurry, she would stop by the dessert shop before returning.
She opened the cake box.
Cang Yan glanced at it and said coolly, “I already told you to eat fewer sweets.”
Does she want me to get diabetes that badly?
Shen Qingyuan knew she wanted to eat it and said carelessly, “Just pretend you didn’t know about this today. Start not eating it tomorrow, and it will be fine.”
Cang Yan: “…”
Self-deception.
When Shen Qingyuan handed over the cake, Cang Yan didn’t refuse and took it directly. Thinking it was the last indulgence for a while, she felt a little melancholy.
She ate even slower.
Shen Qingyuan watched Cang Yan eat the cake wholeheartedly, while she sat on the side looking at her own physical examination report. As expected, her current body was very healthy and normal.
Youth is capital, and health is wealth!
Cang Yan had already looked at Shen Qingyuan’s physical examination report and reminded her, “You are so heavy. Don’t constantly lean on my shoulder in the future. I can’t support it.”
Shen Qingyuan was stunned and said, “Okay.”
Any thinner at this height, and I’d be a literal bamboo pole.
She waited for Cang Yan to finish eating. Thinking that Cang Yan’s health required starting with eating properly, Shen Qingyuan wasn’t confident that Cang Yan would eat the food she cooked, so she could only get Cang Yan involved.
“What do you want to eat tonight? I’ll try to make it.”
“I just ate sweets. Why would I eat a meal now? I have no appetite,” Cang Yan lay back. “Just make whatever you like. I don’t know how to match these things.”
Shen Qingyuan shook her arm and said, “Then just mix and match. Tell me whatever you like. That way, you’ll feel involved and hopefully want to eat. I cook very slowly, so you’ll be hungry by then.”
“What kind of twisted logic is that?” Cang Yan didn’t want to get up. Seeing Shen Qingyuan about to pick up the health report, clearly intending to nag her about health again, she said, “Beef stew with pork ribs?”
Shen Qingyuan disapproved, “Meat with meat? Why don’t you just eat hot pot?”
Cang Yan thought for a moment and said, “Then, Fragrant Pearl Beans?”
Shen Qingyuan was stunned. She couldn’t recall what that was and thought she was ignorant. She seriously asked, “What is that? I’ve never heard of it.”
Cang Yan laughed, “Edamame.”
She only had one cookbook at home, Yuan Mei’s Suiyuan Shidan. She would flip through it when bored, feeling like she could cook after reading it, but now she only remembered edamame.
Shen Qingyuan: “…”
I’ll just cook for myself. Anyway, Cang Yan wasn’t picky about food; she wouldn’t eat anything anyway, so I can eat what I cook.
Shen Qingyuan ignored Cang Yan. After informing Aunt Cai, she went to the kitchen herself to prepare the ingredients.
Cang Yan lay there, and suddenly remembering something, she got up and walked into the kitchen. Shen Qingyuan was just slicing carrots. Her technique was skillful, and the slices were very even, not at all like a beginner’s.
“How are you so skilled? I remember you weren’t supposed to know how to cook.” Although she had already eaten Shen Qingyuan’s cooking, Cang Yan had forgotten. According to the results of her investigation into Shen Qingyuan, Shen Qingyuan did not know how to cook.
Shen Qingyuan didn’t expect Cang Yan to ask this so suddenly.
She had clearly already eaten her cooking.
Cang Yan saw her puzzled expression and explained, “I told you I even know your measurements. You clearly didn’t know how to cook before. Your parents personally admitted it.”
Shen Qingyuan had almost assimilated with the original host, and immediately blurted out a fabrication, “How could you investigate such personal things clearly? The former Shen Qingyuan might have been too rebellious, but the current Shen Qingyuan has turned over a new leaf. The me now is not the me before.”
Cang Yan felt a headache coming on and said, “Then what was the opportunity that made you change?”
“Zhou Chuan pushed me into the water, and I almost drowned. I suddenly felt that life is short, only a few decades, like a white horse passing a gap. I must do something meaningful, or I’ll have lived in vain,” Shen Qingyuan continued to ramble.
Cang Yan burst out, “Speak in plain language!”
Don’t write an essay.
“I thought I was really going to die at the bottom of the water. After getting a second chance, I woke up,” Shen Qingyuan simply summarized. “As for cooking, I always knew how to cook. My parents just don’t care about me.”
Shen Tongtao and Yin Ruyun treated the original host like a transaction. Although she had already explained it, she still felt it was a transaction. If Cang Yan were replaced by an old man, it would be even more like one.
Cang Yan thought it was normal that Shen Tongtao and Yin Ruyun didn’t know she could cook, as they focused all their attention on their younger daughter.
Shen Qingyuan then remembered the main business. The physical examination report had distracted her entirely.
“Oh, right. Mo Ze has been taken away by the police.”
“I know,” Thinking of this, Cang Yan couldn’t help but criticize Shen Qingyuan again, “Do you still want to keep that scoundrel of a friend?”
If she does, it’s negligent injury. If she doesn’t, it’s attempted murder.
Shen Qingyuan decisively said, “No, I don’t.”
“At least you have some sense. You are a poor judge of character. Some friends are better not to have,” Cang Yan sighed slightly. “Friends easily made with money, whether they are genuine or fake is up to you to discern.”
She had also looked into Zhou Chuan’s family background, a normal, moderately well-off family. Shen Qingyuan’s family was much wealthier than his.
Of course, one shouldn’t be so snobbish. Maybe Shen Qingyuan and Zhou Chuan really were good friends before.
Cang Yan waited for Shen Qingyuan to refute her.
However, Shen Qingyuan wasn’t interested in whether the original host’s relationship with Zhou Chuan was genuine or not. In any case, it was definitely over now. She asked curiously, “How did you make your friends?”
That Lin You doesn’t look like just a simple friend.
Cang Yan immediately snapped, “What business is that of yours?”
She didn’t have friends when she was little. Her parents didn’t dare let her run around. Kids disliked her for her poor health, and the children of relatives didn’t want to play with her either. She was too fragile, and the adults would scold them if they played with her.
It was too normal not to have friends.
She only had Lin You as a friend.
Shen Qingyuan shrugged her shoulders. While talking to Cang Yan, her hands didn’t stop moving. She started the wok and began cooking. Remembering that this was meant to be healthy, and since Cang Yan had no intention of leaving the kitchen, she chatted with her.
“Your physical examination report is quite healthy, but you don’t look healthy. Do you know the reason?”
Cang Yan moved farther away from the stove and, uncharacteristically, spoke of the past, “It’s a congenital deficiency, I guess. My mother wasn’t healthy when she was pregnant with me. She only gained weight around her waist. After I was born, my health was also poor.”
“But your aunt looks very well-off,” Shen Qingyuan remembered that Wen Jinshu looked very much like a rich lady aunt, fair-skinned and plump, and taller than Cang Yan.
In fact, Wen Jinshu and Cang Yuqing were both quite tall. The whole family had normal East Asian skin tones, but Cang Yan was overly pale, even sickly pale.
In my world, this would be the top standard, but in this world, I even saw some netizens mocking the Cang family for having three ugly people.
Cang Yan shot her a look and said, “So many years have passed, of course she recovered. My father accommodates my mother in every aspect of life. My mother doesn’t have to worry about anything. She plays mahjong, chats with her girlfriends, and goes shopping. Her life is very leisurely.”
The biggest burden is probably me.
Shen Qingyuan felt envious upon hearing this.
Cang Yan then stared at Shen Qingyuan and said suggestively, “Speaking of which, my mother is the real rich lady.”
Shen Qingyuan: “…”
Stop! Stop!
I’m cooking, but I’m not hungry right now!